The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Tuesday, 27 August, 2024 confirmed that it has reached an agreement with German tactician, Bruno Labbadia, to become the Head Coach of Nigeria’s Senior Men’s National Football Team, Super Eagles.
For reading pleasure, thegazellenews.com compiled a few things you should know about the former Germany international.
1. Labbadia was born in Darmstadt, Germany on 8th February 1966.
2. Labbadia is of Italian ancestry. His family roots go back to Lenola, a town in the Lazio region.
3. He won just two caps for Die Mannschaft (Germany).
4. His playing career took him through clubs such as home-town team Darmstadt 98, Hamburger SV, FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, FC Cologne, Werder Bremen, Armenia Bielefeld and Karlsruher SC.
5. He won the DFB-Pokal in 1989-90 with FC Kaiserslautern and the Bundesliga in 1993-94 with FC Bayern Munich.
6. He coached famous teams like Hertha Berlin and VfB Stuttgart this decade, and previously, VfL Wolfsburg, Hamburger SV, and Bayer Leverkusen, among others.
